Parking scam targets unsuspecting downtown drivers

The Music City Center opens in just two weeks, and parking in downtown Nashville is expected to be tougher to find than ever.

But police are now focusing on a different sort of parking problem, and it may have drivers thinking twice before handing over cash for a parking spot.

Laura Kurzer is just the latest victim in what has been an ongoing problem that is likely to only get worse. She said she pulled into a parking lot along Fourth Avenue North and was approached by a man wearing a Central Parking jacket.

She paid him $10 to park and even received a parking pass in return.

"He reminded us to lock the car and have a good time, and we walked away," Kurzer said.

When their night on the town was over, Kurzer and her friends discovered they had been given a $67 parking ticket.

It turns out that man in the jacket didn't work for Central Parking at all. He was an imposter who took advantage.

A forest with more than 50 acres sits in the heart of a Mid-Michigan city and will soon be home to the nation’s longest canopy walk. The new feature of Midland’s Whiting Forest promises spectacular views any time of the year.

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A 7-year-old girl was seriously injured and is in the hospital after she was hit by a vehicle Wednesday afternoon. It happened near the intersection of Shattuck and Michigan Avenue in Carrollton Township.

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Across the nation, there is a shortage of referees and officials for youth sports. One of the main reasons behind it, is the lack of sportsmanship, not by student athletes, but from adult spectators and coaches.

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